Akira (1988)
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Neo-Tokyo is about to E·X·P·L·O·D·E
Themes:Youth In RevoltThe Human ConditionMoral AmbiguityGood Vs. EvilOvercoming PrejudiceSurvivalQuest For TruthCorruption Of PowerIsolationLoss Of InnocenceDiscover Similar ThemesMood:ForebodingBleakIntenseScaryDisturbingEdgyDarkOminousUnsettlingDiscover Similar Mood
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
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Directed by: Katsuji Misawa, Katsuhiro Otomo, Takashi Nakamura
Produced by: Shunzo Kato, Sawako Noma, Yoshimasa Mizuo
Composed by: Shoji Yamashiro
Cast

Mitsuo Iwata
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)

Tarō Ishida
Colonel Shikishima

Mizuho Suzuki
Doctor Ônishi

Tessyo Genda
Ryûsaku (voice)

Koichi Kitamura
Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki
Kaori (voice)

Masaaki Okura
Yamagata (voice)

Takeshi Kusao
Kai (voice)
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